Thomas Logan is the owner of Equal Entry and has worked in accessibility since 2002, when he helped a blind graduate student access map information for research. He is based in New York City.
Google Docs replaces pasted URLs with page titles automatically. This small change helps people who use screen readers or voice control navigate more easily. It shows how building...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is issuing a new update to Section 504 regulation to require that web content and mobile applications adhere to Web Content...
A class action lawsuit is suing Dunkin’ for $5 million for charging extra for its lactose-free options. The lawsuit claims the company formerly known as Dunkin’ Donuts is violating...
The Attorney General of the United States has signed a final rule that will update its regulations for Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This long-awaited rule...
The Equal Entry team has eaten at Sweetgreen many times. The team appreciates the fast-casual chain’s varied and unique healthy salads. Recently, Ali Colak has filed a lawsuit...
In Minnesota, a Plaintiff who is legally blind alleges Christopher and Banks’ website is not accessible to screen readers. The case states this denial of full and equal access to...
Editor’s notes: The conversation in this post has been edited for clarity. Here’s the Maine Website Accessibility lawsuit transcript that matches the podcast. A small business in...
There was no law governing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) designation for State agencies in New York. Signed in 2023, this new bill makes the most current version of...
Five major U.S. pharmacy and grocery chains reached a settlement with the Justice Department. The settlement indicates the companies will ensure people with disabilities can access...
FACIL’iti is a French accessibility overlay company. The company sued two accessibility leaders who participated in a conversation about accessibility overlays alleging defamation....
California is considering adopting a new law (AB-1757) that adopts Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 level AA as the level of accessibility that websites and mobile...
The Department of Justice found that Oklahoma’s Mobile ID app violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by maintaining a visual-only facial scanning requirement that made...
Quest Diagnostics offers laboratory services. At a doctor’s request, patients visit a Quest location for blood draws and other lab procedures. The company installed digital...
It’s not news that traveling on airplanes is fraught with challenges for people with disabilities. In late 2021, Disability Advocate Engracia Figueroa died after an airline damaged...
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) investigated the New College of Florida for not making its website and social media accessible to everyone. A public...
The U.S. Department of Justice has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) [PDF] on how to update the regulations for Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to...
A Supreme Court case about the accessibility of hotel websites has understandably caught the attention of the disability and accessibility community. Here’s the short version....
When a major worldwide publication writes about accessible websites, we take notice. That’s exactly what happened when the Economist published Lawsuits over disabled Americans’...
A new Kansas law will allow businesses to sue plaintiffs and their counsel over “abusive” litigation related to websites not complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act....
In this video, Equal Entry shows you how to set up Universal Switch for a device running Android 12 as an alternative to using the touch screen. Here are some of the useful...
Virtual reality is a visual medium. Because of this, you may be surprised to learn that there are many low vision and blind people who enjoy virtual reality. One of those people is...
In this article, my friends Ken Nakata from Converge Accessibility, Josef Pevsner from National Organization on Disability, and I come together to discuss and analyze the recent...
Photo credit: Andi Weiland | Boehringer Ingelheim, Societypix.org In this article, my friends Ken Nakata from Converge Accessibility, Josef Pevsner from National Organization on...
In this article, Ken Nakata from Converge Accessibility, Josef Pevsner from National Organization on Disability, and I come together to discuss and analyze the consent decree [PDF]...
Any company thinking about acquiring another company (the target) will not jump into a deal without doing a thorough analysis. While two companies may look compatible on paper,...
Last year, I had the opportunity to give a presentation at Le Wagon Tokyo, a coding school focused on preparing people for new jobs in the information technology industry. I was...
On February 2, 2021, Accessibility New York City hosted a Meetup entitled “Accessible Wayfinding Systems will Start a New Era of Accessibility.” Presenter Idan Meir — the...
We host a monthly Accessibility Virtual Reality meetup in Mozilla Hubs. The goal of the meetup is to continuously learn and document best practices for virtual reality...
Roland Dubois and I are continuing our explorations of WebXR Accessibility. We’ve made an interface that is keyboard accessible, screen readable, and voice controllable (see “Does...
Roland Dubois and I are continuing our explorations of WebXR Accessibility. We’ve made our interface keyboard, screen readable, and voice controllable in “Does WAI-ARIA even work...
On November 20, 2020, Accessibility VR hosted a Meetup entitled “Haptics for XR – How designing great haptics can support use case accessibility”. Presenter Eric Vezzoli, Haptics...
Roland Dubois and I recently started weekly meetings where we are working collaboratively to investigate and advance the state of accessibility in Web XR experiences. How many of...
On October 23, 2020, Accessibility VR hosted a Meetup entitled “Designing Augmented Reality Systems to Empower People with Low Vision” Presenter Yuhang Zhao, Assistant Professor...
On November 12, 2019, Accessibility New York City hosted a meetup entitled “The Latest XR Accessibility Findings” at the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum. Presenter Thomas...
On September 12, Accessibility New York City hosted a meetup entitled “PUXL, the Accessibility-First Framework: What is it and How Does it Work?“. The presentation was led by Iñigo...
On June 13, Accessibility New York City hosted a meetup entitled “Data Visualization: Tips for Making Complex Graphical Content Accessible to All”. Presenter Doug Schepers,...
On Tuesday, October 16, 2018, Equal Entry Owner Thomas Logan presented “Why Wait? Let’s Make Virtual Reality Accessible Today!” at #a11yTOConf 2018. The premise of the talk was...
Over the last two decades there have been numerous demonstrations of accessible digital map interfaces for people with disabilities. However, these implementations typically only...
I recently had the opportunity to work with the brilliant Song Maker app from Google Creative Lab, Yotam Mann, and Use All Five. “Song Maker is a simple way for anyone to make and...
My passion for accessible technology was ignited sixteen years ago at the University of North Carolina when I was a Computer Science undergraduate. I worked on a small team...
I presented to the Disability Law Committee of the New York City Bar Association on April 19th, 2018. The Disability Law Committee was interested in gaining an understanding of...
Sue Martin’s first book, Out of the Whirlpool, is a deeply honest and moving account of the rebuilding of her life after a suicide attempt in her youth ended in traumatic...